The average Tea Partier is sincerely against government spending - with the exception of the money spent on them.

In the Tea Party narrative, victory at the polls means a new American revolution, one that will 'take our country back' from everyone they disapprove of. But what they don't realize is, there's a catch: This is America, and we have an entrenched oligarchical system in place that insulates us all from any meaningful political change.

At root, the Tea Party is nothing more than a them-versus-us thing.

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